Developing Effective Coalitions: An Eight Step Guide. This step-by-step guide to coalition building helps partnerships launch and stabilize successfully. It supports advocates and practitioners in every aspect of the process-from determining the appropriateness of a coalition to selecting members, defining key elements, maintaining vitality, and conducting ongoing evaluations.

The Foundation Center is the leading source of information about philanthropy worldwide. Through data, analysis, and training, it connects people who want to change the world to the resources they need to succeed.

Establishing a Non-Profit 501(C) Organization. The Foundation Center. As you begin the process of establishing your nonprofit organization, it is important to remember that before you begin the process of fundraising, your organization must be able to demonstrate the key characteristics of a successful nonprofit organization: a vital mission, clear lines of accountability, high-quality programs and services, and reliable and diverse revenue streams.checklist for establishing a nonprofit organization:

The Center for Nonprofit Success is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide the training, knowledge and resources to help nonprofit organizations succeed. We believe that the most important asset in an organization is its people, and our programs and services are designed with your most important asset in mind.